Biography

Recent Awards:  2018 CIO "Ones to Watch" Award Winner

https://www.idg.com/news/cio-cio-executive-council-recognize-50-rising-stars-2018-ones-watch-awards/

Employment Experience:

May 2018 - Present. Associate Vice President for Enterprise Services, Sam Houston State University, Division of Information Technology.

May 2009 - Apr. 2018. Sr. IT Manager, Texas A&M University, Computing and Information Services, IT Solutions and Support

Sept 2007- May 2009. IT Manager, Texas A&M University, Computing and Information Services, Infrastructure Applications Team.

Nov 2006- Sept 2007. IT Project Leader, Texas A&M University, Computing and Information Services, Infrastructure Applications Team.

June 2005 - Nov 2006. Lead Software Applications Developer, Texas A&M University, Computing and Information Services, Infrastructure Applications Team.

Apr 2002 - May 2005. Software Engineer, Insurance Information Exchange(iiX), College Station.

Jan 1997 - Feb 1998. Software Engineer, First Choice Consulting, Austin.

1991 - 1996. Software Engineer, IBM Corp, Austin.

1989 - 1991. Research Assistant, Washington University, Computer Science Department. Sybase database developer associated with the Human Genome Mapping Project.

Education: Doctor of Philosophy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Dept of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, Higher Education Administration program.

Master of Science in Computer Science, Washington University, St. Louis.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Southern Illinois University. Graduated with "Highest Honors," School of Science Award from Southern Illinois University. Ella Ott Weismann Award in Computer Science at SIU. Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Mu Epsilon, Dean's List.

Presentations:

On-Demand Pedagogy: Leveraging Technology to Mediate Lifetime Learning. Annual Conference of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, San Antonio, TX, August 6, 2009. Presented with Luana J. Zellner- Sam Houston State University.

When Every Word Counts: Implementing an Integrated Emergency Notification System. Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications, San Antonio, TX, August 8, 2011. Presented with Marlin Crouse- Texas A&M University